- Sean Craig @ The Daily Beast: Steve Bannon Hints at Plot to Get Trump Another Term: ‘We’re Working on It’
Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist in the opening months of the first Trump administration, says he is part of an effort to secure Donald Trump a third term in office despite a constitutional bar.
- Media Matters: Fox's Greg Gutfeld launches unhinged tirade at Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts: “Shut the ‘f' up”
Gutfeld: “Maybe a guy in a robe in D.C. can follow all the protocols, but Trump is the ‘f-ing’ president of the United States.”
- Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher @ The New York Times: With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
- Andrew Buncombe @ The I Paper: Why Donald Trump is so in love with dictators - from Putin to Kim
The US President's admiration of autocrats and strongmen has a real world impact, both in the US and overseas.
- Alan Elrod @ Liberal Currents: Guys Win: Andrew Tate, Rape Politics, and the Authoritarian Right
Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: White House targets federal judge, gets fact-checked in real time
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to go after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg during a briefing. It did not go well.
